Richard Comeau

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Richard Comeau (* 1960 in Chicoutimi , Québec , Canada ) is a Canadian film editor .

Life

Comeau was born in Chicoutimi in 1960 as the son of an engineer. When he was four years old, the family moved to Montreal , where Comeau grew up.

He studied film studies at Concordia University in Montreal until 1985 . One of his teachers hired Comeau to edit his films. He has been working as a freelance film editor since the 1990s. At the beginning of his career he mainly worked for the director Manon Briand . With the editing of the episode film Cosmos , Comeau recommended himself for larger projects. He worked with Denis Villeneuve on Maelström (2000) and Polytechnique (2009).

For Ce qu'il faut pour vivre (2008) and Polytechnique (2009) he received the Genie Award for the best cut for two years in a row .

He is a member of the Canadian Cinema Editors (CCE).

Filmography (selection)

  • 1996: Snowboard Academy
  • 1996: Cosmos
  • 1997: Le siège de l'âme
  • 1997: La comtesse de Bâton Rouge
  • 1998: 2 secondes
  • 1998: C't'à ton tour, Laura Cadieux
  • 1998: Loss of Faith (TV movie)
  • 1998: Home Team - An accurate team (Home Team)
  • 2000: Maelström
  • 2000: Méchant party
  • 2001: Heart: The Marilyn Bell Story (TV movie)
  • 2001: ¡Vaya noche!
  • 2001: L'ange de goudron
  • 2001: Touch: The Forgotten Sense (documentary)
  • 2002: La Turbulence des fluides
  • 2002: Le marais
  • 2003: Mambo Italiano
  • 2004: Nightmare of a Summer Night (Elles étaient cinq)
  • 2004: The Cop, the Criminal and the Clown (C'est pas moi, c'est l'autre)
  • 2005: 7 km2 d'infini (documentary film)
  • 2005: The Curse of Betsy Bell (An American Haunting)
  • 2006: Le secret de ma mère
  • 2006: La vie secrète des gens heureux
  • 2007: Ma fille, mon ange
  • 2008: Truffle
  • 2008: Ce qu'il faut pour vivre
  • 2008: Magique!
  • 2009: Polytechnique
  • 2009: America (TV movie)
  • 2010: La cité
  • 2010: Die Säulen der Erde ( The Pillars of the Earth ; TV multi-part, 8 episodes)
  • 2010: L'appât
  • 2011: Gangsters (Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster)
  • 2012: rebel
  • 2012: Liverpool
  • 2013: Betty and Coretta (TV movie)
  • 2013: Gabrielle - (Not) a completely normal love (Gabrielle)
  • 2013: Worms
  • 2014: The Good Lie - The Price of Freedom (The Good Lie)
  • 2015: Whitney (TV movie)
  • 2015: My internship in Canada (Guibord s'en va-t-en guerre)
  • 2016: Dos amantes y un oso
  • 2016: Chuck - The Real Rocky (Chuck)
  • 2016: Iqaluit
  • 2017: Eye on Juliet - In the Eye of the Drone (Eye on Juliet)
  • 2018: Stockholm
  • 2019: Foyer (short film)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Thomas Waugh: The Romance of Transgression in Canada. Queering Sexualities, Nations, Cinemas . McGill-Queen's University Press, 2006, ISBN 978-0-77353-146-8 , page 394.
  2. ↑ a b c Nancy Desgagné: Richard Comeau fait son cinéma . In: neomedia.com, accessed on May 16, 2018.
  3. ^ Passchendaele, Necessities of Life dominate Genie Awards . In: CBC.ca of April 4, 2009.
  4. ^ Polytechnique dominates geniuses . In: theglobeandmail.com of April 12, 2010.
  5. ↑ Richard Comeau . In: cceditors.ca, accessed on May 16, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Comeau, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian film editor
DATE OF BIRTH 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicoutimi , Quebec , Canada